Opinion
No. 17-35625
10-26-2018
WAYNE R. LAKE; CYNTHIA A. LAKE, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as trustee for the Certificate Holders of Dover Mortgage Capital 2005-A corporation, Grantor Trust Certificate Series 2005-A, Defendant-Appellee.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
D.C. No. 2:16-cv-01482-JLR MEMORANDUM Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington
James L. Robart, District Judge, Presiding Before: SILVERMAN, GRABER, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
Wayne R. Lake and Cynthia A. Lake appeal from the district court's judgment dismissing their action alleging Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA") claims. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim. Kwan v. SanMedica Int'l, 854 F.3d 1088, 1093 (9th Cir. 2017). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed the FDCPA claim under 15 U.S.C. § 1692f(6) because the Lakes failed to allege facts sufficient to show that defendant lacked a present right to possession of the property through an enforceable security interest. See 15 U.S.C. § 1692f(6); Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009) (to avoid dismissal, "a complaint must contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face" (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)).
We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued in the opening brief. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009).
AFFIRMED.